Krisjanis Karins Prime Minister of Latvia since 23 January 2019 Date of Birth: 13.12.1964 Country: Latvia

Content:

1. Childhood and Education
2. - 1950s:Family moves to the United States.
3. - Spends summers at a Latvian summer camp in the Catskill Mountains.
4. - Completes his Ph.D. in 1996.
5. Entrepreneurship:
6. - Invests in his father's auto paint company, "Formula."
7. Political Life
8. Prime Ministership:

Childhood and Education

Early Life:

- 1953:Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš is born in Wilmington, Delaware, to Latvian parents who fled their homeland in 1944.

- 1950s:Family moves to the United States.

Education:

- Attends an American school alongside a Latvian Sunday school in Wilmington.

- Spends summers at a Latvian summer camp in the Catskill Mountains.

- Studies at the Beverīnas Latvian summer school.

- Earns a bachelor's degree in linguistics from the University of Pennsylvania in 1988.

- Pursues a doctorate in linguistics at the University of Pennsylvania, focusing on the intonational phonology of Latvian.

- Receives a Fulbright scholarship to study Russian at Leningrad University in 1990.

- Completes his Ph.D. in 1996.

Academic and Business Career
Research and Teaching:

- Works as a research coordinator at the Linguistic Data Consortium in Philadelphia.

- Serves as a visiting lecturer at the University of Latvia, teaching sociolinguistics.

Entrepreneurship:

- Founds the company PK (L&R Ledus) in 1994, a leading ice and frozen food distributor.

- Invests in his father's auto paint company, "Formula."

- Engages in real estate brokerage and property management through "Kariņa konsultācijas."

Political Life

New Era Party:
- Becomes a founding member of the New Era Party in 2002.
- Elected to the Saeima (Parliament) in 2002.
- Chairs the New Era faction from 2002 to 2004.
- Serves as Minister of Economics from 2004 to 2006.
Unity Party:
- Co-leads New Era in 2007.
- Elected to the European Parliament in 2009 as a member of New Era.

- Re-elected in 2014 as a representative of the successor party, Unity.

Prime Ministership:

- Elected as Prime Minister in 2019.
- Forms a government and takes office on January 23, 2019.
Family and Personal Life
Family:
- Married to Anda Kariņa, a family physician.
- Has four children.
- Took paternity leave in 2008, becoming the first MP to do so.
Other Relatives:
- Father, Uldis Kariņš, a civil engineer and businessman.

- Sister, Ingrīda Kariņa-Berziņa, a member of the American Chamber of Commerce in Latvia.

Minister

Michail Muraviov	Alejandro Giammattei	Massimo D Alema
Pekka Olavi Haavisto	Jorge Capitanich	Daniel Vayian